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New York Times, Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Author:
Eshan Mitra, Brown University '12
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
12-Down : Bing Crosby, e.g.
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Eshan Mitra

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 78, Blocks: 38 Missing: {JX} This is the debut puzzle for Mr. Mitra. Tuesday freshness: 10%
Notepad: BROWN CROSSWORD WEEK — Every crossword this week has been created by a member of the Puzzling Association of Brown University.
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© 2010, The New York Times9/14/10 ( No. 22,225 )
Across
1
Standing : ERECT
6
Features of Sophocles plays : ODES
10
Peeve, with "off" : TICK
14
Rolls for dinner : SUSHI
15
Major constellation? : URSA
16
Something an undercover agent might wear : WIRE
17
In consecutive order : SEQUENTIAL
19
Knowing, as a secret : INON
20
Big news on the sports page : TRADE
21
Bean on the screen : ORSON
22
Cracker brand : RITZ
25
Just barely legit : BORDERLINE
28
Gets used (to) : ADAPTS
30
Consideration for when to arrive at the airport: Abbr. : ETD
31
But: Lat. : SED
32
It's read from right to left : TORAH
33
Senseless : INANE
35
Give it a go : TRY
36
What a slow person may need : HEADSTART
39
Nada : ZIP
42
Word written on the Saudi flag : ALLAH
43
"Dig in!" : EATUP
47
Summer cooler : ADE
48
Place for a ring : TOE
49
Astronomer Halley : EDMOND
50
Slip-up : MINORERROR
54
Sound accompanying a cloud of smoke : POOF
55
It's flashed by an officer : BADGE
56
Musical set in Buenos Aires : EVITA
58
Epps of "House" : OMAR
59
Fragile articles ... or a hint to the things named by the circled letters : BREAKABLES
64
Cloud ___ : NINE
65
Endure : LAST
66
Arafat's birthplace : CAIRO
67
Stats for a QB : INTS
68
You, to a Quaker : THEE
69
Went "tap tap tap" on a keyboard : TYPED
Down
1
What makes a pin spin? : ESS
2
Regret : RUE
3
Abbr. after a lawyer's name : ESQ
4
Cheekiness : CHUTZPAH
5
Auditorium balcony, e.g. : TIER
6
One-up : OUTDO
7
More arid : DRIER
8
That, to Tomás : ESA
9
"I've got a mule, her name is ___" : SAL
10
Pirouette : TWIRL
11
"No, you go, really" : IINSIST
12
Bing Crosby, e.g. : CROONER
13
Anthony of the Supreme Court : KENNEDY
18
Busts : NABS
21
Chose from a menu : ORDERED
22
It's smelled when something's fishy : RAT
23
Response to "Who wants ice cream?!" : IDO
24
Driveway surface : TAR
26
___ by chocolate (calorie-heavy dessert) : DEATH
27
Explosive Sicilian? : ETNA
29
"Masterpiece ___" : THEATRE
33
Less active : IDLER
34
Source of intelligence: Abbr. : NSA
37
Sunburn soother : ALOE
38
Team that has a tankful of rays in the back of its ballpark : TAMPABAY
39
It's driven over the ice between periods : ZAMBONI
40
The "king" in "The Last King of Scotland" : IDIAMIN
41
Locket, often : PENDANT
44
Excessively : TOO
45
Game featuring 108 cards : UNO
46
Alternative to a print version: Abbr. : PDF
49
Christine's lover in "The Phantom of the Opera" : ERIK
51
Shrek and Fiona, in "Shrek" : OGRES
52
Witherspoon of "Legally Blonde" : REESE
53
Egg-shaped : OVATE
57
Ambassador's asset : TACT
59
Alternative to a Philly cheesesteak : BLT
60
Cheerleader's cheer : RAH
61
Cup's edge : LIP
62
Before, in verse : ERE
63
Garden shop offering : SOD

Answer summary:
1 unique to this puzzle, 1 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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